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Despite suffering a 20-second loss to fellow “The Ultimate Fighter Brazil: 3? cast member Marcos Rogerio de Lima, Richardson “Rick Monstro” Moreira (7-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC) will get another shot in the UFC, and he’ll make it to the middleweight division.

Gegard Mousasi's manager says his client was in Holland when news broke that UFC 176 had been cancelled, and due to the nine-hour time difference in the U.S., he couldn't reach him to inform him of the news before it made its way online.

The UFC has signed former professional boxer and undefeated female bantamweight Holly Holm to a contract, president Dana White announced on Thursday.
"I'm excited," White told ESPN.com. "I like the fact we keep bringing in more talent.
"With women or men, I never know what to think until I see them fight in the UFC. It's such a different dynamic fighting here. There's no doubt she's talented and she has a lot of followers. People are excited to see her."
White did not know when Holm might make her UFC debut. Holm (7-0) made her professional MMA debut in March 2011.
As a pro boxer, she won multiple world titles while amassing a career record of 33-2-3 with nine knockouts. Six of her seven wins in MMA have come via knockout, including a fifth-round finish over Juliana Werner for the Legacy FC women's bantamweight title in April.
Holm, 32, trains out of Jackson-Winkeljohn MMA in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Urijah Faber says that the only way he fights his teammate is if T.J. Dillashaw himself asks for the fight. The current UFC bantamweight champ on the other hand, said it happens if they 'pay me a billion dollars'.